This-n-that

So... today was another hurry scurry day at work. Usually these are good days, you know. The day flies by and before I know it, it is time to go home. Still, having time to breathe *is* desirable!

At any rate, I got home in time to pick up the checkbook and dash off to the puter store to pick up my poor sick desktop that has sat idle since May because I got tired of it freezing on me and then headed home again to get the soup out of the crock pot. YES. I thought ahead, and actually did dinner this morning before I left for work! Bad thing is.. who the hell wants to eat warm soup when it is 95 friggin' degrees outside!!

Clean up followed dinner, and I got irritated when I went to open the garbage can because the little foot lever was stuck. I have this 'thing' about touching a garbage can. It is a 'no hands' area, ya know? Several days ago I noted that the lever was stuck and even after repeated steps, it stubbornly refused to work. Today was the first time, though, that I had time to actually examine the problem.

Well....

I am not afraid of mice. You know? I am not particularly afraid of anything except for maybe taxes and overdue bills. Some have hinted that I am far too independent for my own good, and they are most likely right. I must tell you though... that when I lifted out the lever of the garbage can, I let out a little screech at the sight of a squished and mostly decayed mouse caught in the mechanism. I mean.. EWWWWWWwwwwwww!!!! The poor lil fella resembled a pez container -- his head was whole, but his body.. well.. anyway.

The garbage can now works. That's good, eh? It just all goes to show you that shit happens. Even to mice.